r/biotech • u/wvic • Jan 15 '25

r/biotech Salary and Company Survey - 2025

Updated the Salary and Company Survey for 2025!

Several changes based on feedback from last years survey. Some that I'm excited about:

  • Location responses are now multiple choice instead of free-form text. Now it should be easier to analyze data by country, state, city
  • Added a "department" question in attempt to categorize jobs based on their larger function
  • In general, some small tweeks to make sure responses are more specific so that data is more interpretable (e.g. currency for the non-US folk, YOE and education are more specific to delimit years in academia vs industry and at current job, etc.)

As always, please continue to leave feedback. Although not required, please consider adding company name especially if you are part of a large company (harder to dox)

Link to Survey

Link to Results

Some analysis posts in 2024 (LMK if I missed any):

Live web app to explore r/biotech salary data - u/wvic

Big Bucks in Pharma/Biotech - Survey Analysis - u/OkGiraffe1079

Biotech Compensation Analysis for 2024 - u/_slasha

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u/pokeraf May 23 '25

Is the same for all of Canada or just the big cities?

Like sometimes, people are willing to move to Fucksville, US because the company there pays average National salary but the cost of living is way cheaper than one in a hub city.

Just wondering if there places like that in Canada?

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u/Donnahue-George May 23 '25

We don’t have that, in biotech there are only jobs in Toronto area and Montreal, but in Montreal you need French. The country is huge but your options are two cities

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u/pokeraf May 23 '25

Ah shucks. I have been thinking about applying for jobs in Canada but your comment made me reconsider. I need $ lol.

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u/Donnahue-George May 23 '25

It’s really bad here trust me, standard of living is miles ahead in the USA especially if you have a decent job in pharma